the kitchen test

In the last two weeks since I've posted I have been busy working on a painting that has seriously been causing me some major heartache and soul searching...in other words it has been kicking me in the butt! But that's a good thing. It means I'm pushing forward, doing things that I'm not quite used to, learning, exploring, making mistakes, covering the mistakes with more paint, scraping, melting, staring, staring, and more staring...it's all good. The images on this post are detail shots of the painting that I actually believe is finished.

Big sigh of relief.



detail from a work in progress
photo taken 2.20.2011


I actually thought it was done last Sunday, and I brought it to my kitchen and hung it up so that I could see it as I went about our daily business. We spend most of our time in the kitchen, so this is the best place. And I would catch glimpses of it as I washed the dishes. And I would stare at it while I would try to figure out what's for dinner. And one morning when I was cleaning up the splatter of squished bananas that my (almost) 1 year old left behind, I looked at the painting and just shook my head. No. Not done. And I carried it back up to the studio.

I'll bring it back down tonight and see if it withstands the Kitchen Test this week. And hopefully I'll be able to take a full-on photo of the painting. And yes, it's another bowl painting!



detail from a work in progress
photo taken 2.20.2011

I have also been busy preparing for my Intro to Encaustic workshop that is at full capacity and will be taking place this coming up Saturday at Perfical Sense Studio. I am so looking forward to this. I have a feeling that the 3 hours will fly by.

I also finally bound up two blank journals and put them up at amanobooks. Take a look! I am getting close to the end of my current journal and had a bit of a hard time putting "Intentions" up on the site, but I know that it's meant for someone else.